Sri Caitanya-candramrta

by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati

Translated by Sriman Kusakratha dasa
 Table of Contents

A Glimpse into the Life of Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati

Chapter One
In the Beginning an Invocation of Auspiciousness and a Description of the
Contents of These Prayers

Chapter Two
Auspicious Introduction in the Form of O ering Obeisances

Chapter Three
Auspicious Introduction Consisting of Benedictions

Chapter Four
Glori cation of Lord Caitanya's Devotees

Chapter Five
Criticism of Those who are not Devotees of Lord Caitanya

Chapter Six
The author Criticizes Himself for His Wretched Condition

Chapter Seven
The Firm Conviction that Lord Caitanya is the Worshipable Supreme
Personality of Godhead

Chapter Eight
Instruction to the People

Chapter Nine
The Exalted Position of Lord Caitanya
fi
ff
 Chapter Ten
Glori cation of Lord Caitanya's Incarnation

Chapter Eleven
Lord Caitanya's Splendid Transcendental Form and Ecstatic Dancing

Chapter Twelve
A Lament
fi
A Glimpse into the Life of Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati

Beginning in the year 1511 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu made a

pilgrim's journey of the holy places in South India, where He gave His
mercy to the devotees there. Starting from Jagannatha Puri, He rst went
to the Godavari River, and from there travelled to many holy places in
what is now the state of Madras. On Sukla Ekadasi of the month of
Asadha, Sriman Mahaprabhu arrived at Sri Ranga-ksetra, where He
decided to stay and practice austerities during the four months of
Caturmasya. In this way Lord Caitanya spent four months seeing the
beautiful form of the Deity, Lord Ranganatha, and preaching the
message of Sri Krsna.

At this time Lord Caitanya stayed at the home of three brothers,

Tirumalaya, Vyenkata (whose son was Gopala Bhatta Gosvami), and
Gopala Guru (Prabodhananda Sarasvati), who were Sri Vaisnavas,
followers of Ramanujacarya, and devoted to the worship of Laksmi-
Narayana. Lord Caitanya explained the superiority of Lord Krsna's lila
to His hosts, and their conversation on this point is recorded in Caitanya-
caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter Nine.

At this time Gopala Guru (Prabodhananda Sarasvati) became very

devoted to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and Vyenkata's son (Gopala Bhatta
Gosvami) also became attached to the Lord. In his youth, Gopala Bhatta
was instructed by Prabodhananda Sarasvati.

Prabodhananda Sarasvati became a follower of Sri Caitanya and is

considered one of the great acaryas in the Gaudiya Vaisnava
sampradaya. Actually he is one the greatest eternal associates of the
Lord. When the Lord appeared in His original form of Sri Krsna,
fi
 Prabodhananda Sarasvati was one of the important gopis. This is
recorded in Kavi Karnapura's Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (163):

"The gopi Tungavidya, who appeared in Vrajabhumi during Lord

Krsna's pastimes, also appeared during the pastimes of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. At that time she appeared as Prabodhananda Svami, who
became famous as Sarasvati because of his eloquent (sarasvati)
glori cation of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu." Prabodhananda Sarasvati is
also mentioned in the introduction to Srila Sanatana Gosvami's Hari-
bhakti-vilasa (1.2):

"This book, Hari-bhakti-vilasa was originally compiled by Gopala

Bhatta Gosvami, the disciple of Prabodhananda Sarasvati, who is very
dear to Lord Krsna. Gopala Bhatta brought great happiness to Srila Rupa
Gosvami, Srila Sanatana Gosvami, and Srila Raghunatha dasa
Gosvami."

Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati is also described in Narahari

Sarakara's Bhakti-ratnakara: "Prabodhananda Sarasvati was full of all
good qualities, and therefore he was known everywhere by the name
Sarasvati."

"He was very devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri

Krsna Caitanya, and he always remembered Him, even when he slept."

"He was full of love for the devotees, and was also very austere and
renounced. His handsome form was very pleasing to see, and he was
also a learned poet and scholar. No one could compare with him in the
arts of singing, dancing, and playing musical instruments."

"Everyone who heard his eloquent speech became lled with

happiness. These are the incomparable glories of Prabodhananda
Sarasvati." After Lord Caitanya left South India and returned to
Jagannatha Puri in Orissa, Prabodhananda Sarasvati became rapt in
fi
fi
always remembering Him within his heart. Prabodhananda left his home
in Ranga-ksetra and travelled to Sri Vrndavana, where he stayed in the
forest of Kamyavana, and where he was soon met by his nephew Gopala
Bhatta Gosvami.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

 Chapter One

Stuti-mukhe vastu-nirdesa-rupa-mangalacaranam
In the Beginning an Invocation of Auspiciousness and a Description
of the Contents of These Prayers

1) Let us glorify the boundlessly merciful Supreme Personality of

Godhead, the prince of Vraja. To taste the intoxicating sweet waves of
the nectar of transcendental love for Krsna, as well as to give that nectar
to others, He has now appeared in the transcendental abode of
Navadvipa as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

2) One who is untouched by any piety, who is completely absorbed in

irreligion, or who has never received the merciful glance of the devotees
or been to any holy place sancti ed by them will still ecstatically dance,
loudly sing, and even roll about on the ground when he becomes
intoxicated by tasting the nectar of the transcendental mellows of pure
love of God given by Lord Caitanya. Let me therefore glorify that Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

3) Not attainable by the faithful performers of pious deeds, not

understood by those engaged in austerity, meditation, and yoga, not
guessed by those absorbed in detachment, renunciation or prayers, and
unknown even to the devotees full of love for Lord Govinda, the secret
of pure devotional service has been revealed by the holy name during
Lord Gaura's advent. Let me glorify that Lord Gaura.
fi
 4) Whether seen, touched, glori ed, remembered, bowed down to from
afar, or worshipped, Sri Caitanya gives the nectar of pure love of Krsna
to His devotees. Let me glorify Sri Caitanya, the merciful Supreme
Personality of Godhead.

5) For those who have attained the merciful sidelong glance of Lord
Gaura, impersonal liberation becomes as palatable as going to hell, the
heavenly cities of the demigods become as real as owers imagined to
oat in the sky, the poisonous fangs of the untameable black snakes of
the senses become broken, the whole world becomes full of joy, and
Brahma, Indra, and all the great demigods become like tiny insects. Let
us glorify that Lord Gaura.

6) When Lord Gauracandra's devotees, who are worshipped even by the

demigods, drink the wonderfully sweet nectar of the bliss of pure love of
God that ows from the lotus ower of Lord Gauracandra's feet, they
become completely intoxicated. In that condition they laugh at Lord
Brahma and the other demigods, condemn the impersonalist yogis, and
do not consider the great devotees of Lord Visnu who do not worship
Lord Gauracandra to be very important. Let us glorify that Lord
Gauracandra.

7) What bene t did the world attain when Lord Rama, Lord Nrsimha,
and many other incarnations of Godhead killed so many raksasa and
daitya demons? How important is it that Lord Kapila and other
incarnations revealed the paths of sankhya and yoga? How glorious is it
that Lord Brahma and other guna-avataras create, maintain and destroy
the material universes? How auspicious is it that Lord Varaha lifted the
earth from the Garbhodaka Ocean? We do not consider any of these
fl
fl
fi
fl
fi
fl
activities to be very important. The most important thing is that Lord
Caitanya has revealed the great splendour of pure love of Krsna. Let us
glorify that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 Chapter Two

Namaskara-rupa-mangalacaranam
Auspicious Introduction in the Form of Offering Obeisances

8) Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Caitanyacandra,

whose face is as splendid as millions of moons and whose smile is as
charming as moonlight. He is like a moon that has just risen from the
ocean of the bliss of pure love for Lord Krsna.

9) O Lord Caitanyacandra, by devotedly serving Your lotus feet one can

attain the pure love for Lord Krsna that is the ultimate goal of all
endeavours. O Lord Caitanyacandra, O great auspiciousness of the
world, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I offer my respectful
obeisances unto You.

10) Moving His hands and feet, raising the two golden rods of His arms,
trembling as He dances, and loudly calling out "Hari! Hari" in ecstatic
bliss, Lord Caitanyacandra vanquishes the inauspiciousness of this
world. To that Lord Caitanyacandra, whose eyes are like two large lotus
owers, who is immersed in tasting the sweet nectar of pure love of
Krsna, and who is the crest jewel of all incarnations, I offer my
respectful obeisances.

11) O Lord Caitanyacandra, O Lord whose form is full of blissful

pastimes, O Lord whose complexion is as splendid as gold, O Lord who
gives in charity the nectar of pure love for Lord Krsna, I offer my
respectful obeisances unto You. I offer my respectful obeisances unto
You.
fl
12) To Lord Hari, His eyes now like millions of rainclouds shedding
torrents of tears, the opulence of pure love of Krsna making Him laugh
at millions of Vaikuntha worlds, His charming handsomeness like
millions of nectar oceans, and His role now that of a sannyasi, I offer my
respectful obeisances.
 Chapter Three

Asirvada-rupa-mangalacaranam
Auspicious Introduction Consisting of Benedictions

13) May Lord Caitanya, whose shoulders are like a lion's, whose
smiling cheeks are the sweetest of all sweet things, whose body displays
various wonderful symptoms of ecstatic love of Krsna, whose features
are as splendid as the whorl of a blossoming golden lotus ower, and
who is Sri Radha and Krsna joined in a single form, protect you all.

14) When He saw new rainclouds He was reminded of Lord Krsna, and
became like a madman with love for Him. When He saw a peacock
feather He became agitated, and when he saw a gunja bracelet He
trembled. When He saw a dark-complexioned boy He thought He had
just seen Lord Krsna, and He became lled with fear and wonder. In this
way golden Lord Hari preached the glories of pure devotional love for
Himself.

15) Creating great tidal waves in the ocean of mercy, splendidly dressed
in wonderful saffron garments as glorious as the sunrise, and glowing
with the nectar of pure love of Krsna, may the wonderful and handsome
moon of Lord Caitanya, which has risen from the milk ocean of Saci's
womb, enter the sky of your heart.

16) Chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, His own holy names which
bring auspiciousness to the world, His hand trembling with love as He
touches the knotted string about His waist to count the number of names,
His face bathed in tears as He comes and goes, eager to see His own
fi
fl
form of Lord Jagannatha, and bringing great delight to the eyes of all,
may the golden form of Lord Hari protect you all.

17) Uprooting the dense darkness in the hearts of the entire world,
making the nectar ocean of the bliss of pure love of Krsna over ow its
shores without limit, and cooling this universe tormented by the
threefold miseries, may the splendid moonlight of the moon of Lord
Caitanyacandra eternally shine within your hearts.

fl
 Chapter Four

Sri Caitanya-bhakta-mahima
Glori cation of Lord Caitanya's Devotees

18) The splendid path of pure devotional service, which bewildered the
great sages in the past, which material intelligence has no power to enter,
which Sukadeva Gosvami was not able to understand, and which
merciful Lord Krsna never revealed to His closest friend, is the place
where the dear devotees of Lord Gaura happily enjoy pastimes.

19) Talk of impersonal liberation will not become bitter, the shackles of
blind adherence to social and Vedic convention will not become
loosened, and the tumultuous debate of Vedic scholars on the merits of
various useless spiritual paths will continue as long as a devotee who is
like a bumblebee drinking the nectar of Lord Caitanya's lotus feet does
not appear before the eyes.

20) Where is renunciation? Where is tranquil indifference to the

temptations of sense pleasure or the torments of hell? Where are great
waves of humbleness? Where is uncommon prowess? Where is the path
of intense devotion? Where are these virtues present in the same way
they are present in those who have made Lord Gaura the goal of their
lives?

21) Even once seeing Lord Gaura's handsome face, which is overcome
with feelings of love of Krsna, and which has blossoming lotus eyes
lled with a great ood of tears, a person becomes maddened with newer
fi
fi
fl
 and newer feelings of devotional love. He never abandons the ocean of
sweetness that is Lord Gaura's feet.

22) They who follow the rules of varnasrama-dharma, worship Lord

Visnu, visit holy pilgrimage places, and study the Vedas, but do not
serve the lotus feet of the dear devotees of Lord Gaura, cannot
understand the transcendental abode of Vrndavana, which is beyond the
reach of the four Vedas.

23) If by churning the shoreless ocean of nectar one attains the

incomparably sweet essence of all nectar, that nectar will taste very
bitter to those who touch the splendour of the lotus feet of Lord Krsna
who now displays His transcendental form of Sri Gaurasundara.

24) Humbly thinking oneself lower than a blade of grass, natural

gentleness and charm, speaking words as sweet as nectar, spitting at the
insigni cant sense grati cation of this world, disinterest in the affairs of
this world, and overwhelming love for Lord Hari are the transcendental
virtues of the devotees of Lord Gaura.

25) Worship millions of the most exalted spiritual masters if you wish!
Study millions of Vedic literatures if you wish! But know it is they who
have attained the merciful sidelong glance of Lord Caitanya who will
understand the great secret that is pure love for Lord Krsna.

26) Let renunciation be multiplied millions of times! Let millions of

virtues, beginning with peacefulness, sense control, tolerance and
friendliness, be multiplied millions of times! Let there be millions of
meditations on the words tat tvam asi! Let there be devotion to Lord
Visnu multiplied millions of times! All this taken together does not equal
even a millionth part of the multitude of perfect transcendental qualities
possessed by the great souls who nd transcendental bliss in the
splendour of the toenails of the dear devotees of Sriman Caitanyacandra.
fi
fi
fi
27) Some dance so enthusiastically they seem to leap over the
mountains and oceans, and others repeatedly revile Indra and the other
demigods. Who among the devotees headed by Advaitacandra is not
now overwhelmed with bliss in the dancing festival of Lord Caitanya?

28) In this world there has not been, there will not be, and there is not
now the touch of this kind of nectar from the lotus feet of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. It is only by the great mercy of Lord Gaura,
who enjoys transcendental pastimes, and by the power of devotional
service to Him, that the non-envious devotees know anything about this
nectar.

29) Lord Caitanya is worshipped by the Upanisads. Lord Caitanya

destroys the pride of the arrogant demigods and sages who do not
worship His lotus feet. Ah, what person is so fortunate that he has
personally seen Lord Caitanya?

30) Even without following any religious rituals, one who

wholeheartedly takes shelter of Lord Gauranga, the master of all
transcendental opulences, will attain everything he might wish.
 Chapter Five

Sri Caitanyabhakta-ninda
Criticism of Those who are not Devotees of Lord Caitanya

31) My mind thinks that a person who has countless pious credits and
has completely taken shelter of Lord Hari, but does not worship Lord
Caitanya, is very poor and unfortunate.

32) Pathetic are the followers of Vedic ritual! Pathetic are the
practitioners of severe austerity! Pathetic are the dull-witted fools whose
mouths have blossomed with the words "I am Brahman"! Why do we
lament for these animals in the guise of men intoxicated by the taste of
things other than Krsna? Alas! They have not tasted even a drop of the
nectar of Lord Gaura.

33) Watered with nectar a stone will never sprout a single blade of
grass. Carefully stretched out a dog's tail will never become straight. A
man may reach out his arms as much as he likes, but he will never grasp
the moon. A man may follow all the rituals of ordinary religion, but
without the mercy of Lord Gaura he will never attain the festival of
ecstatic love for Lord Krsna.

34) The advent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is like an expanding ocean

of nectar. One who does not collect the valuable jewels within that ocean
is certainly the poorest of the poor.

35) The golden moon of Lord Gauracandra now creates great tidal
waves in the ocean of love for Lord Krsna. They who will not dive into
 that ocean must nd themselves diving instead into an ocean of
unwanted deeds.

36) The golden moon of Lord Caitanyacandra now creates great tidal
waves in the nectar ocean of pure love for Lord Krsna. A person
untouched by these waves is certainly the poorest of the poor.

37) Even though they be scholars learned in all the scriptures, those
persons who will not accept that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead must continue to wander in this lifeless world of
repeated birth and death.

38) Again and again He tastes the great sweetness of His own holy
names. Again and again He is overcome with ecstasy. Again and again
He says, "Sing! O sing the glories of the king of Vraja!" They who have
not seen Lord Gauracandra in this way nd pure love for Lord Krsna
very dif cult to attain.

39) Why should grass not sprout without seeds? Why should the blind
not see? Why should the lame not be able to leap over mountains if
those persons who have no devotion for Lord Caitanya, the master of the
wonderful unparalleled opulence of the nectar of pure love of Krsna,
could somehow attain the bliss of that pure love?

40) A devotee of Lord Govinda whose mind is not rapt in meditation on

Lord Gaura, the philanthropist who, by wonderfully preaching the
glories of the sweet nectar of pure love of Krsna, gave in charity the
wonderful bliss of pure love of Krsna, is a bewildered fool. He is an
animal in the guise of a man.

41) Although numberless incarnations of the Lord are described in the

Sruti and other Vedic literatures, who, except for the Lord Himself, has
the power to describe the glories and opulences of Lord Gaura? How
many times have the devotees not personally seen that their beloved
fi
fi
fi
Lord Gaura is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari? Alas!
alas! Still the fools refuse to believe that Lord Gaura is the Supreme!

42) If the people of this world say that because Lord Gaura, whose
playful sidelong glance gives birth to the bliss of pure love of Krsna,
which shows all living entities the worthlessness of material bene ts and
impersonal liberation, is not directly described in the four Vedas, he
cannot be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then alas! Alas! They
are all atheists! O inscrutable illusory potency of Lord Visnu, O source
of their bewilderment, I offer my respectful obeisances unto you.

43) Pathetic is his noble birth! Pathetic is his eloquence! Pathetic is his
fame! Pathetic are his scholarship, wealth, and handsome young body!
Pathetic is his status as a brahmana! Pathetic is his observance of
varnasrama-dharma! Pathetic is he who in the age of Kali does not
worship the golden form of Lord Gopinatha!

44) When they see Vakresvara Pandita and the other devotees of Lord
Gaura overwhelmed by continually tasting the very wonderful and
splendid nectar of pure love for Lord Krsna, the Lord's exalted
associates in Vaikuntha become lled with wonder, and the hairs on their
bodies stand erect. Without performing many pious deeds how can one
become a devotee of Lord Gaura?

45) Lord Hari brought the full nectar of pure devotional service to this
world. He gave His mercy to the living entities. He spoke with them,
showed them His handsome smiling face, affectionately glanced at them
from afar, and gave them a great festival of pure love of God. They who,
despite having received so many gifts from Him, still refuse to worship
Him, must be considered to be foolish, cruel-minded demons.
fi
fi
 Chapter Six

Dainya-rupa-sva-ninda
The author Criticizes Himself for His Wretched Condition

46) I am cheated! I am cheated! I am cheated! Of this there is no doubt.

Although Lord Gaura has plunged the entire world in a ood of love of
Krsna, I have not been touched by even a single drop!

47) Now that the pollen of Lord Gaura's lotus feet has touched this
earth, who, even without trying for it, has not attained the pure love of
Krsna that is the crest jewel of all human endeavour? Alas! Alas!
Because of my great misfortune, only I have not attained even the
slightest trace of the fragrance of that love. Because of this calamity I
say, "To hell with my worthless life! To hell with my erudition! To hell
with my high place in varnasrama society!"

48) Although the rising ocean of Lord Gauracandra's mercy has ooded
the entire world, I am so unfortunate that not even a single drop has
fallen upon me. How has this amazing calamity happened?

49) Now it is the age of Kali. My enemies, the senses, have become
very strong. The splendid path of pure devotional service is blocked by
millions of brambles. I am weak and agitated. Alas! Alas! Where can I
go? O Lord Caitanyacandra, if now You will not give me Your mercy,
what can I do?

50) Because the wonderful Lord never came before my eyes, and
because I never tasted the transcendental nectar of service to His lotus
fl
fl
feet, I simply pray to attain the jubilant festival of the association of
those great souls now decorating this world, whose hearts are xed at
Lord Caitanya's lotus feet.

51) I am tightly bound by the chains of limitless horrible desires. I am

addicted to millions of sins. My mind is lled with pain. Millions of
wicked men mislead me. They are not my friends. Except for Lord
Gaura, who is my friend in this world?

52) Alas! Alas! Alas! Millions of the seeds of material pious deeds fail
to sprout when I try to plant them in the desert of my heart. I shall give
up trying to plant them, and with all my heart I shall take shelter of Lord
Gauracandra's feet, which bear the wonderful seed of pure devotional
service.

53) Alas! Alas! How will the desire creeper of pure devotional service
sprout in the desert of my heart? In my heart there is only one hope. I
shall call out the name of Lord Caitanya. Then I shall never again
lament.

54) I am chained by sinful desires. I have fallen into the painful ocean
of repeated birth and death. The sharks and crocodiles of lust and anger
are devouring me alive. I have no shelter. O Lord Caitanyacandra, please
rescue me. Please give me the shelter of Your feet.

55) O Lord Caitanyacandra, if You place Your merciful glance on me,

then even though I am a great fool, the wonderful path of pure devotion,
which is sought by Siva, Sukadeva, Uddhava, Narada, and other great
souls, will not be far away.

56) Where is causeless mercy? Where is wonderful transcendental

opulence? Where is love for the devotees? O Lord Krsna, where are
these virtues present in the same way they are present in Your feature as
Lord Gaura?
fi
fi
 Chapter Seven

Upasya-nistha
The Firm Conviction that Lord Caitanya is the Worshipable
Supreme Personality of Godhead

57) O foolish mind, please take shelter of Lord Gauranga, who is the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is hidden from the view of the
Vedas, and who with His own transcendental potency plunged the entire
world into the great nectar ocean of love for the lotus feet of Lord Krsna.

58) If someone can attain the supreme goal of life by devotedly hearing
about, meditating upon, or glorifying Lord Murari, then that is very good
for him. Let him do it. For myself, however, I shall only worship the
hidden sweetness that lls the great shoreless nectar ocean of pure love
of Krsna that ows from Lord Gauranga.

59) Some may worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead with the
hope to attain the four goals of life (material piety, sense grati cation,
economic development and liberation). Others may reject all other
objects of worship and simply become the servants of Lord Krsna. For
myself, my mind is greedy to attain the great secret of pure love of
Krsna, and for this reason I take shelter of the feet of Lord
Caitanyacandra.

60) My faith in Vedic and ordinary duties, my embarrassment to sing,

dance, and laugh, and my natural tendency to be absorbed in material
activities, have all been stolen away by a very powerful golden-
complexioned thief.
fl
fi
fi
61) Who is this divine person showering millions of nectar oceans of
intensely blissful, splendid, and sweet pure love of Krsna from the
corners of His eyes, glistening with mercy? Who is this person whose
fair-complexioned form is as splendid as a golden young plantain tree?
Who is this person who has suddenly made my heart become so ardently
devoted to His feet?

62) His complexion as fair as molten gold, and His form lled with the
splendid and blissful nectar of pure transcendental love, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead has mercifully appeared in the town of
Navadvipa. In Navadvipa every home celebrates great festivals in
honour of Bhakti-devi, the goddess of devotion. Navadvipa is sweeter
than Vaikuntha. My heart nds its happiness in the transcendental abode
of Navadvipa.

63) Let the Vedic scriptures say whatever they like! Let the learned
logicians comment as they like! Whatever they say, the nectar of Lord
Caitanya's lotus feet shall always remain my life and soul.

64) If the rare mystic perfections were to fall into my hand, if the
demigods approached to become my servants, and if my form became
the four-armed form of a resident of Vaikuntha, my mind would still not
swerve from Lord Gauracandra for even a moment.

65) Let me live in a terrible cage of re! I shall never associate with
those averse to Lord Caitanya's lotus feet! My heart has no desire to go
to Vaikuntha or any other auspicious place if for a single moment I could
not taste the pollen of the lotus ower of Lord Caitanya's feet.

66) I may become famous in this world, or I may attain wonderful

mystic powers, or by worshipping Lord Visnu I may attain a handsome
four-armed spiritual form like His. Still, if these things separated me
from devotional service to Lord Gaura, my heart would not love them.
fi
fl
fi
fi
 67) O Lord Caitanya, O merciful one, O supremely generous one, O
Lord who lls the hearts of the living entities with the different mellows
of devotional love, O wonderfully splendid Lord, O golden-
complexioned Lord, O ocean of transcendental virtues, O personi ed
nectar of devotional service, O Lord who is fond of chanting His own
holy names, I pray that without ever becoming fatigued I may pass my
life always chanting Your holy names in this way.

68) O Lord Krsna, Your golden form is the life of the devotees. It is the
philanthropist that gives in charity the nectar of pure love of God. When
shall I whole-heartedly love this golden form? When, because I have
nally understood the secret of this golden form, will the splendour of
Srimati Radharani's jewel toenails shine in my heart?

69) I meditate on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who bears the

name Caitanya. He wears a garland of fully blossomed damanaka
owers. He pleases everyone. He enjoys pastimes in a secluded garden.
He continually chants the holy names of Lord Krsna. He is the abode of
compassion. His fair complexion is as effulgent as gold.

70) I pray that my mind may always remember Lord Gauranga, the
sannyasi whose eyes are like two bumblebees drawn to the glistening
lotus ower of Lord Jagannatha's face in the festive city of Nilacala,
who is tossed by great waves of ecstatic love of God, and who is the
same Lord Krsna who appeared like Cupid to the doe-eyed girls of
Vraja.

71) I take shelter of Lord Gaura Hari, who has accepted the saffron
garment of a sannyasi, whose bodily hairs stand up in ecstasy, and
whose handsome form is decorated with pearl-like tears owing from
His lotus eyes.
fl
fi
fl
fi
fl
fi
72) When will Lord Gaura Hari, who is more handsome than Cupid,
more purifying than the celestial Ganges, more cooling than the moon,
more sweet than madhvika nectar, more generous than the desire
creeper, and more affectionate than a mother, appear in my meditation,
and lovingly place His lotus feet in my heart?

73) I pray that the merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose

complexion eclipses the splendour of millions of lightning ashes,
whose hips are covered with a charming manjistha ower coloured
saffron cloth, and who delights this universe by again and again ooding
it with the sweetest nectar of pure love of Krsna, may become very dear
to me.

74) Will Lord Gaura, whose splendour condemns millions and millions
of Cupids, whose handsome face eclipses millions and millions of rising
autumn moons, and whose generosity makes millions and millions of
desire trees seem insigni cant, place His lotus feet in my heart after I
have accumulated pious deeds in millions and millions of births?

75) I pray that the splendid moonlight of Lord Caitanyacandra, which

violently uproots the darkness in the hearts of the entire world, which
brings limitless tidal waves to the nectar ocean of the bliss of pure love
of Krsna, and which brings coolness to the universe burning day and
night in the threefold miseries of material existence, may shine in our
hearts.

76) Plunged into Radha's lamentation in separation from Krsna, at one

moment He would become emaciated and devastated. Thinking that
Lord Krsna had appeared before Him, at another moment He would
become chubby with happiness, at another moment shed tears of joy, at
another moment smile, and at another moment become very cool.
Burning in the re of separation from Lord Krsna, at another moment He
would become feverish. Thinking that He saw Lord Krsna in the
distance, at another moment he would run after Him. Considering that he
fi
fi
fl
fl
fl
 had just touched Krsna, He would become stunned with bliss. At one
moment He would talk as if Krsna were present, and at another moment
He would become silent. I pray that Lord Gaura, the golden form of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, may appear in my heart.

77) He does not consider whether a person is quali ed or not. He does

not see who is His own and who is an outsider. He does not consider
who should receive and who not. He does not consider whether it is the
proper time. The Lord at once gives that nectar of pure devotional
service that is dif cult to attain even by hearing the message of the Lord,
seeing the Deity, offering obeisances, meditating, or following a host of
spiritual practices. That Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord
Gaurahari, is my only shelter.

78) Even the greatest sinners, even the lowest of men, even men of the
basest character, even those in the vanguard of sinful acts, even the dog
eaters, even those whose hearts are lled with sinful desires, even those
born or residing in sinful countries, and even those destroyed by bad
company have all been rescued by the mercy of Lord Gaura. Let me take
shelter of Lord Gaura.

79) Leaving the charming forest on the bank of the Yamuna and
entering a ower garden by the shore of the salt-water ocean, rejecting
His yellow garment and accepting a saffron cloth, Lord Hari has now
concealed His own bodily lustre and manifests a golden complexion. Let
me take shelter of that golden Lord Hari.
fl
fi
fi
fi
 Chapter Eight

Loka-siksa
Instruction to the People

80) O foolish people, please seek the path of pure hari-bhakti, which
even the great sages in ancient times could not nd after long searching.
If in your heart there is no faith, and if you think it is too dif cult to
attain, then please abandon all these misconceptions and take shelter of
the lotus feet of Lord Gaura.

81) He places His budding lotus hands above His head. His soft cheeks
are bathed in tears from His eyes. He is dressed in garments the colour
of a newly blossomed lotus whorl, and His complexion robs gold of its
splendour. Please offer your respectful obeisances to Lord Gaura.

82) O brother, even if you chant the wonderfully powerful holy names
of Lord Krsna, and even if you meditate on His brilliant and charming
transcendental form, which creates auspiciousness for the entire world,
you still cannot hope to attain the splendid nectar of pure love of Krsna
if the merciful glance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu does not fall upon
you.

83) O brother, please do not act in this reckless way. Because you have
not taken shelter of Lord Gauranga's lotus feet, the devotees who have
become intoxicated by drinking the nectar of the mellows of pure
devotional service to Lord Krsna are everywhere laughing at all your
endeavours. O brother, please listen to this secret: Lord Gauranga is the
fi
fi
 Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He is the object of the pure love
of God described in all Vedic scriptures.

84) "I have no power to understand the path of Krsna-bhakti, which

makes one averse to impersonal speculation and non devotional yoga,
and I have no contact with saintly spiritual masters. Alas! Alas! Alas! Of
whom can I take shelter." "O fool, has the name Gaura Hari never
entered your ears?"

85) Give up all useless material duties! Do not allow a single word of
the impersonalist theory to enter your ears! Give up all illusions about
your material body and the family and paraphernalia in relation to it.
Taking shelter of the mercy of Lord Gaura, please attain the very
wonderful and sweet crest-jewel of all human endeavours.

86) What is the use of studying many scriptures? What is the use of
going on pilgrimage to holy places. Fear women who are like tigers! Spit
on the opulences of Svargaloka! Know that all material bene ts are as
worthless as a handful of straw! Instead of chasing after them please
take shelter of Lord Gauranga, who is dressed in the garments of a
sannyasi, and who, intoxicated by tasting the nectar of krsna-prema,
dances by the shore of the sea.

87) What good will come from practising the dif cult yoga paths? Give
them up! Instead, please plunder the treasure house of pure love for the
lotus feet of Lord Krsna. If you aspire to attain the wonderful festival of
pure love for Lord Krsna, which even Siva, Brahma, and all the
demigods cannot attain, then please become devoted to the
inconceivably glorious and magnanimous Lord Gaura.

88) When a pious person attains devotion to the lotus feet of Lord
Gaura, the ocean of nectar from the lotus feet of Srimati Radharani
suddenly oods his heart.
fl
fi
fi
 89) Within Lord Caitanya's lotus feet, which are worshipped by Brahma
and Siva, the shoreless nectar ocean of the con dential mellows of
splendid pure love of Krsna rests. The saintly devotees should always
meditate on these feet, take shelter of them, become intoxicated with
love for them, and chant their glories.

90) I take a straw in my mouth. I fall down at your feet and atter you.
O sir, you are such a great and intelligent man. There is no one greater
than you. You are so intelligent, rich, and beautiful. You may ask, "Why
are you so humble? Why are you attering me? What is your intention?
Tell me." O you are a great sadhu. You have learned so many nice
things, I know, but kick them out, please. Whatever nonsense rascaldom
you have learned, whatever hogwash things are in your brain, kick them
all out. Throw them all far away and place all your love in the lotus feet
of Lord Gauranga.

91) Liberation is not dif cult to attain, and devotional service to Lord
Krsna is not very dif cult to attain, but even in Vaikunthaloka the mercy
of Lord Gauracandra is very rare and dif cult to attain.

92) May the devotees worship the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya. May they
become lled with the nectar of pure devotional service. May they
delight and astonish the three worlds with their charming sweetness,
good fortune, compassion, tolerance, and other virtues.

93) If one's heart is set on crossing beyond the ocean of repeated birth
and death, if one's heart relishes the sweet nectar of krsna-sankirtana,
and if one's heart yearns to swim and sport in the ocean of pure love of
Krsna, then one should take shelter of Lord Gauracandra's feet.

94) Where are knowledge, renunciation, devotion and other virtues

equal to those that are the property of the devotees of Lord Caitanya's
lotus feet?
fi
fi
fi
fl
fi
fi
fl
95) If this dull and lifeless world does not worship the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, who is worshipped by the
greatest demigods, then it will nd death and rebirth staring at it from
every turn.

96) King Indra is like a menial servant to one who yearns to attain the
feet of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. What shall we say, then, about the
tiny, insectlike kings of this world?

97) Why should a devotee who aspires to attain the service of Lord
Krsna Caitanya beg at the door of a king? Who would be such a fool that
even after attaining a priceless cintamani jewel, he would travel a great
distance with much more trouble to get a silver trinket?

98) Many may remain in the mountains absorbed in meditation on

impersonal Brahman, many may diligently follow the regimen of yoga
and attain many mystic powers, and many others, intoxicated by
learning, heroic strength, wealth, and the other false opulences of this
world, may speak much nonsense, but who in this world will dance, mad
with ecstasy of pure love of Krsna, if he has not received the mercy of
Lord Gaura?

99) If the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Gaura, is merciful to

me, and for this reason I consider the impersonalists of Varanasi to be
very unimportant, then why should I go on a pilgrimage to Gaya to offer
pinda to the ancestors? If Lord Gaura is merciful and my personal
liberation does not weigh even as heavily as a fraction of any ounce to
me, then why should I become interested in material piety, economic
development, and sense grati cation? If Lord Gaura is merciful and I
have not even the slightest fear of hell, then why should I be lled with
anxiety over the well-being of my wife, children, friends and relatives?
fi
fi
fi
 Chapter Nine

Sri Caitanyotkarsata
The Exalted Position of Lord Caitanya

100) All glories to Lord Gauracandrama. He is as powerful as a

maddened young lion and as handsome and splendid as a golden young
plantain. He ooded this world with the ocean of pure love for Lord
Krsna.

101) All glories to Lord Gaura, who is more handsome than millions of
Cupids, more pleasing to the people than millions of moons, more
affectionate than millions of mothers, more generous than millions of
celestial desire trees, more profound than millions of oceans, sweeter
than millions of sudha, ksira, and madhvika nectars, and lled with
millions of wonderful sentiments of the nectar of pure love for Lord
Krsna.

102) All glories to Lord Gaura, who became like a madman, displaying
His wonderful transcendental opulences in the company of Brahma,
Siva, and the other dancing devotees who were plunged into the waves
of love for His lotus feet.

103) All glories to Lord Sri Sri Sacinandana! His deep voice is like the
roaring of millions of suns. He is more cooling than millions of moons.
His motions defeat the gracefulness of millions of maddened elephants.
His holy name rescues millions of misguided people. He is the master of
Brahma and millions of demigods. Because He is the origin of the
fl
fi
impersonal Brahman He is the splendid crest-jewel worshipped by
millions of monists.

104) All glories to the splendid lamp of Navadvipa, which, shining with
the oil of transcendental love destroys the darkness in the cave of the
heart and illuminates the barren, thorn lled, impassable and
treacherously winding path that leads to the swiftly owing nectar
stream of the bliss of pure love of Krsna.

105) Burning the moths of false logic from far away, as cooling as
millions of moons, shining with transcendental sweetness, removing the
darkness in both the outside world and the heart, and its wick splendid
with the oil of love, the splendid, golden, and wonderful lamp of
Navadvipa mercifully shines in this world at every moment.

106) Filling the ten directions with His loud calls, placing white kunda
and kairava owers in the skies with the splendid waves of His loud
laughter, overwhelmed by the ood of the nectar of pure love of Krsna,
and all His limbs trembling like a banyan tree moving in the wind, Lord
Gaurahari appears very splendid as He dances like a madman.

107) Gracefully dancing, spotless, free from all impurities and

crookedness, showering the nectar of pure love of Krsna which
extinguishes the threefold sufferings of all living entities, its splendid
effulgence tasted by the cakora birds of the devotees' hearts, and now
risen from the milk ocean of Saci's womb, the moon of Lord
Gaurangacandra splendidly shines in this world.

108) Again and again shedding tears that glide down the corners of His
pale cheeks, again and again emitting long sighs, and plaintively calling
out, "Alas! Alas!" a fair complexioned person is now plunged in the
vraja-gopis' feelings of love in separation from Lord Krsna.
fl
fl
fi
fl
109) Sometimes His form is the colour of molten gold, sometimes He
becomes a splendid cowherd boy, sometimes He manifests various
wonderful pastimes, and sometimes Lord Gaurangacandra becomes Sri
Sri Radha and Krsna.
 Chapter Ten

Avatara-mahima
Glori cation of Lord Caitanya's Incarnation

110) Now that Lord Gaura has descended to this world, the waves of the
holy names of Lord Krsna are suddenly ooding this planet, and the
hearts of the sinful conditioned souls, which were as hard as
thunderbolts, have now become as soft as butter. Let me take shelter of
that Lord Gaura.

111) Now that Lord Caitanya, His heart lled with mercy, has
descended to this world, those living entities who had formerly never
practised yoga, meditated, chanted mantras, performed austerities,
followed various Vedic restrictions, studied the Vedas, performed
spiritual activities, or refrained from sins, have become able to easily
plunder the crest jewel of all goals of life.

112) Now that wonderfully powerful Lord Caitanya has descended to

this world, the materialists, who had fallen into the raging river of
fruitive deeds, have been rescued and are situated on the rm ground,
even the great boulders have melted, and even those whose hearts were
xed in non-devotional yoga are dancing in the ecstasy of love of Krsna.

113) Now that the moon of Lord Caitanyacandra has revealed the path
of pure devotional service, the materialists have given up talking about
their wives, children, and material affairs, the scholars have given up
debating the scriptures, the yogis have given up the trouble to control the
breath, the ascetics have given up their austerity, and the impersonalists
fi
fi
fl
fi
fi
 have given up impersonalism. Now there is only the sweetness of pure
devotional service. Now nothing else is sweet.

114) In every home there is a tumult of hari-sankirtana. On every body

are tears, hairs standing erect, and other symptoms of ecstasy. In every
heart is the most exalted and sweet spiritual path that leads far from the
path of the four Vedas. All this has appeared now that Lord Gaura has
descended to this world.

115) The whole world is now suddenly ooded by the nectar waters of
the ocean of pure love for Krsna. Now there is suddenly a great wonder
of symptoms of ecstatic love never seen or heard of before. All this has
suddenly appeared now that Lord Krsna has descended in a form as
splendid as gold.

116) In the past many scholars became extremely proud, thinking

themselves the omniscient masters of all scripture, and many others
thought they had become perfect by performing austerities or fruitive
work. Sometimes, with an impure heart, someone would twice or thrice
chant the holy names of Lord Hari. That was the past. Now that the
moon of Lord Gauracandra has risen, everyone has attained pure love
for Lord Krsna.

117) Now that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose lotus feet
the demigods aspire to serve, and who bears the name Caitanya, has
descended to this world, the very sweet nectar waves of pure love for
Krsna are ooding the entire world. Who is a child now? Who is an old
man? Who is a fool? Who is a woman? Who is fallen and unfortunate?
Everyone has attained the same destiny. Everyone has attained the same
sweet nectar continually tasted by those devoted to Lord Hari's feet.

118) Now that Lord Gauracandra, the master of the nectar mellows of
transcendental love, has descended to this earth, Siva, Narada, all the
fl
fl
demigods, Laksmi-devi, Lord Balarama, the Vrsni dynasty, and the
gopas and gopis of Vraja have all taken birth here.

119) Now that the golden complexioned Lord is distributing pure love
of Krsna in this world, His servants, friends, and charming gopi lovers
have all come to His lotus feet. They have now attained a priceless
treasure of pure love of Krsna more valuable than anything they had
possessed before.

120) Everywhere saintly men and women are laughing, the stonelike
hearts of the materialists are melting, and the unlettered are eclipsing a
host of learned atheist scholars. This is happening now that the most
wonderful and glorious Sri Caitanya has descended to this earth.

121) Formerly the intelligence of even the greatest scholars was blunted
and crippled. but now that Lord Caitanyacandra has mercifully
descended to this world, who has not attained the most deep, exalted,
splendid and sweet devotion to Lord Krsna?

122) Because they are very dif cult to understand, Sukadeva Gosvami
had only brie y hinted at the sweet amorous pastimes of Sri Sri Radha
and Krsna in his description of the rasa dance in Srimad Bhagavatam.
Now Lord Hari has descended to this world in a golden form to reveal
the truth of these pastimes.

123) Some, headed by Uddhava, have attained the Lord's service, others
have attained a glorious position like that of Sridama, others have
become lotus-eyed girls in Vraja, and other very fortunate and intelligent
persons have attained the lotus feet of Sri Radha. By the mercy of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, what great good fortune has this world not
attained?

124) In the past when even the greatest philosophers presented a host of
arguments to support their mutually con icting views, no one could be
fl
fi
fl
certain that any one view was correct. But now that the unlimitedly
splendid and powerful moon of Lord Gaurangacandra has risen, who is
not certain that pure devotion to Lord Hari is the ultimate meaning and
purpose of the Vedas?

125) Let me meditate on the wonderful splendour of the candramani

jewels of Lord Gaurangacandra's toenails. That splendour is now
drowning the entire universe in the sweet nectar ocean of pure love of
Krsna.

126) Although in the past many very pious and religious persons
attained the great success of entering Vaikunthaloka, until the advent of
Lord Caitanyacandra the world had never been ooded in this way with
pure love of Krsna.

127) Even though a person may faithfully perform pious acts or render
incomparable service to Lord Visnu, his heart may still remain as hard as
iron. Still, by Lord Gauranga's mercy, even a person more sinful than a
cow-killer may ood the universe with a stream of tears of pure love for
Lord Krsna. Oh, when this happens, who can measure the intense
happiness felt by golden Lord Gauranga?

128) Sometimes, assuming the role of Lord Krsna, He dances with

many graceful motions. Sometimes, lled with Radha's love, He calls
out: "Alas! Alas! Alas!" Sometimes He becomes like a crawling infant,
and sometimes he becomes like a cowherd boy. In this way the
profoundly glorious Lord Gaura astonishes the entire world.

129) A form of molten gold delights my heart. On the shore of the salt-
water ocean that golden form plunges the entire world into the very
sweet pastimes of Lord Krsna, who is the nectar ocean of love for the
young gopis. Even in His childhood pastimes that golden form enchants
the entire world.
fl
fi
fl
130) On the pathways of whose ear had the wonderful words "pure love
of Krsna" entered? Who had known the glories of the holy names? Who
had entered the great sweetnesses of the forest of Vrndavana? Who had
understood Sri Radha, who is lled with the most wonderful sweetness
of the nectar of pure love for Krsna? It is only Lord Caitanyacandra who
has mercifully revealed all this.
fi
 Chapter Eleven

Sri Gaura-rupollasa-nrtyadi
Lord Caitanya's Splendid Transcendental Form and Ecstatic
Dancing

131) Glori ed by Siva, Brahma, Vyasa and all the other demigods and
sages, lling the universe with millions of golden rays of light from His
transcendental limbs tossed about in the waves of the nectar ocean of
pure love of Krsna, and displaying a form that enchants the entire world
and cannot be understood even by millions of Vedic literatures, the
wonderful Supreme Personality of Godhead now dances on the shore of
the salt-water ocean.

132) Who is the golden-complexioned person wearing a loincloth on

His hips, bracelets on His wrists, a necklace about His chest, earrings on
His ears, bells on His ankles, and a garland of jasmine owers in His
bound-up hair, and who enjoys many transcendental pastimes, chanting
His own holy names and dancing?

133) The demigods sounded dundubhi drums, the Gandharvas and the
Siddhas covered the earth with a continual shower of owers, and the
sages affectionately recited eloquent prayers as Lord Gauracandra,
maddened with pure love of Krsna, enthusiastically danced in this world.

134) One moment He laughs. The next moment He cries. The next
moment He faints. The next moment He rolls about on the ground. The
next moment He runs. The next moment He dances. The next moment
He sighs. The next moment He loudly calls out, "Alas! Alas!" In this
fi
fi
fl
fl
 way, plunged in the nectar ocean of ecstatic love for Lord Krsna, golden
complexioned Lord Hari enjoys transcendental pastimes.

135) Staying by the shore of the salt-water ocean, muddying the ground
with streams of tears, placing His cheeks, as white as vadara berries, in
His hands, dressed in wonderful saffron garments, and His complexion
now golden, Lord Hari now displays His pure love for Sri Radha's lotus
feet.

136) Who is this divine person lling the directions with the sound of
His feet, muddying the ground with His tears, and whitening the sky
with His loud laughter, His handsome broad hips covered with a saffron
garment, and His form as splendid as the moon, jubilantly dancing in a
ower garden by the shore of the salt-water ocean?
fl
fi
 Chapter Twelve

Socaka
A Lament

137) Will Lord Caitanyacandra, whose transcendental form was never

described by the Upanisads, the crest jewels of the Vedas, whose very
sweet path could not be approached by Siva, Brahma, Laksmi, or the
other demigods, and who intoxicated the world with the nectar of love
for Lord Hari, come within the range of my words or thoughts?

138) Somewhere people are indifferent to material activities,

somewhere people chant mantras and practice austerities and yoga,
somewhere people are engaged in devotional service mixed with jnana
and somewhere the splendid path of pure devotional service is present in
name only. O Lord Caitanya, where have You gone? I do not anywhere
see the path of pure devotional service.

139) When golden Lord Hari appeared in this world, His glory ooded
the world with the nectar of pure love of Krsna, and there was
tumultuous chanting of the holy names of Lord Hari. Oh, will that sweet
time ever come again?

140) The fortunate town of Navadvipa remains on the earth. The

seashore remains. The city of Jagannatha Puri remains. The holy names
of Lord Krsna remain. Alas! Alas! I do not see anywhere the same kind
of festival of pure love for Lord Hari. O Lord Caitanya, O ocean of
mercy, will I ever see Your transcendental glory again?
fl
141) If someone says that Lord Caitanya is an amsa-avatara like Lord
Matsya, or if not that, then a lila-avatara or a saktyavesa-avatara, then he
does not understand the actual glory of Lord Caitanya, the Original
Personality of Godhead, who is full of all perfect and incomparable
potencies and wonderful pastimes.

142) The transcendental opulence of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu

astonishes Brahma, Siva, and all the demigods. I pray that when Lord
Caitanya hears the words of this foolish child He will become kind to
me.

143) I have not learned from many saintly spiritual masters, and I have
not carefully studied the scriptures with many learned scholars.
Although I speak like a child, I pray that Lord Gaurahari will still be
pleased with me.